Nevada County picayune., 1887-08-11

 are very sensible"
 "l think am," said Margie, still Tn that unusually meek voice.
 But she refused to see Mir. Blake alone when he sent up his card to her.
 Ut is really more your affair than mlne, mamma, she said. l never told him l would marry him and you did, SD you must come down with me, or l remain where 1 am"
 I What folly, exclaimed Mrs. Dalgreen, angrily, when you insist on seeing Jack Leroy alone" "Oh, that is quite different thing. 1 was very much in love with Jack once, you know, and l always hated old Blake"
 What a strange girl you arew
 But very sensible one, man. ma dear"
 Something in her daughters manner made Mrs. Dalgrcen vague. l ly uneasy as the weeks went on, and the wedding was prepared for.
 Margie absolutely declined to take all interest in anything con- nected with the preparations, but sent every one to mamma. Even the Sumptuous set of pearls whlch Mir. Blake sent her won no word of admiration.
 Any other girl would be wild with delighti' Mrs. Dalgreen eN- l claimed, in irritation, when the pearls were pushed aside, and Margie resumed the book she had been reading,
 At the prospect of sweating falsely at the altar, mammal" ask. cd the girl, lifting her eyes for an instaut You may no, realize, as do, the degradation of such a marrige as you have arranged for me"
 Pray do not talk such folly" i cried her mother. "Degradation, indeed! Why, you will have the most elegant home in the country, and your servants, carriage, plate all you can wish for"
 Suppose should some day wish for Jack, mammal"
 And Mrs. Dalgreen took refuge in an icy dignity.
 The veil has come," she said, a few days later. Do you not want tn see It, Margie."
 If it pleases you, shall not Ob feet to 1t. Margic?" was the tanta- T
 lizing answer
 Meanwhile, Ja: Leroy hand some, honest Jack, who had loved Margie for years-had not called on the Dalgreens since Margie had gone down to him that evening, after Mir. Blake had left. and told him-whaR
 Only the young people knew; and it is not often that young peo- pie tell all they know to their el- ders. Once mind natures and heart selects, there is more or less in each young life which is not told to any.
 So far as Mrs. Dalgreen could see, Jack had taken his dismissal with praiseworthy indifference. When he and Margie met, they ex' changed civil greetings, and he looked neither scOrnful nor re- proachful.
 "He is as sensible as Margle, Mrs. Dalgreen said to herself. In fact, they are pair of very sensl- ble people, for their years"
 So time drifted by smoothly,
 
 serenely, and If Miss Blake, in the great house on the hill, made some thing of a fuss when told that she was to have d step.mother three years younger than herself, she was (outwardly) reconciled before the dawn of the day set for the ceremony.
 A glad, golden sun was playing about his bald, old head, as Mir. Blake alighted from his crrrlage at the door of the Dalgreens. He was redder of face than usua and decidedly nervous and uncomtort- able. as he entered. It was very gratifying, of course, to have won beautiful young girl for his bride, but he dcvoulIy wished the care mony over, and his wedding finery laid aside for more comfortable garments
 As he entered, a hack rattled up